Area softball standouts prep for annual all-star game

Lake Travis second baseman Brycen Blinco picks up a hit grounder and sets to throw the ball to first for the out during the district softball game between the Westlake Chaparrals and the Lake Travis Cavaliers at Westlake High School on Tuesday April 7, 2017. JOHN GUITERREZ / FOR AMERICAN-STATESMAN

Fifty of the top senior softball players in Central Texas will compete in the 2017 Greater Austin Area All Star game June 14 at Westlake High School in a 7 p.m. game.

The group includes seven players who helped their respective Bowie, Dripping Springs and Liberty Hill teams to the 2017 UIL state tournament.

The game will be held for the seventh straight year for graduating senior softball players from high schools throughout Central Texas. The athletes will play on either the North or South team and will vie for MVP scholarships, Golden Glove awards and the last chance to win a prep softball game.

The North team will be coached by Charice Hankins of the state-finalist Liberty Hill, Cedar Ridge High School’s Jessica Poole and Kristen Stewart from Liberty Hill.